Typographical machine.



A- E. BOLLES.

TYPOGRAPHICAL MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 1, 1914.

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A. E- BOLLES.

TYPOGRAPHICAL MACHINE.

APPLlCATlON FILED SEPT. s, 1914.

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ARTHUR ELLIOTT BOLLES, OF NEW YORK, N. 'Y., ASSIGNOR TO'INTERNATIONAL TYPE-- SETTING- MAOHINE 00., OF BROOKLYN, YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

TYPOGRAPHICAL MACHINE.

Specification of Letters latent.

Patented May 9, 1916.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR ELLIOTT BoLLEs, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Typographical Machines, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in typographical machines and more especially to those of the linotype class, wherein lines of matrices and spacers are assembled, then transferred to an elevator which conveys the lines of matrices to and from the casting mechanism and the primary object of the invention is to provide means for automatically quadding or fill; ing out the blank portions of lines in those cases where fully justified lines are not used, it occurring frequently in ordinary type composition that long blank spaces are needed at the ends of lines at the termination of paragraphs or in court records or testimony where short questions and short answers are quoted. The present invention enables the machine to accommodate itself automatically to the casting of the lines irrespective of whether the lines are of full or standard length or shorter.

To these and other ends, the invention consists in certain means and combinations and arrangements of parts all of which will be hereinafter fully described, the features of novelty being pointed out more particularly in the claims at the end of the specification.

In the accompanying drawings,Figure 1 is a front elevation of a portion of a typographical machine constructed in accordance with the preferred embodiment of the invention having the present invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a perspective yiew of a portion of the line delivery, carriage. Fig. 3 represents a vertical section through the first elevator and the justifying mechanism thereon, and showingthe present invention applied thereto; and Fig. 4 is a detail view of the upper portion of the first elevator showing the parts in a different position.

lhe invention, in the present case, is shown in connection with a typographical machine of the linotype class wherein the matrices are delivered under control of the keyboard from a magazine into an assembling elevator. J'ustifyingv spacers are also introduced at the proper points intothe line of matrices, the matrices being then lifted to a delivery carriage which conveys the l ne to an elevator which latter conveys the l ne to the casting mechanism. The magazlne, keyboard mechanism and the assembling elevator are well known and hence not shown in the present instance. Thecasting mechanism has also been omitted as its construction and mode of operation-is well known by those skilled in the art. The line delivery carriage which is movable horizontally between the assembling elevator and the elevator which conveys the line to and from the casting position and which latter is known as the first elevator, comprises a pair of fingers 1 and 2, the finger 1 being longer than the finger 2, a bar 3 extends between the upper ends of the fingers, said bar having a series of longitudinally spaced grooves 4 which serve to adjustably hold the relatively long finger 1 at different points along the length of the bar, and the op 0- site end of the bar slidably fits a blocli 5 which latter carries the relatively short finger 2. The block 5 is splined on the bar 3 to permit such sliding movement and to prevent relative rotation between the block and the bar. A lever 6 is pivoted on a pin or screw 7, the latter being mounted on the block 5 and a spring 8 operates or acts on the lever 6 and tends to swingit from the position shown in Fig. 2 into a forward position transversely of the line of movement of the carriage. A lug' 9 projects downwardly from the lever 6 and a second lug 10 projects upwardly therefrom. A lug 11 also projects upwardly from the bar 3 I and is adapted to occupy a position beyond either end of the depending lug 9 or a position in front of the depending lug 9. A. controlling device, in the present instance, in the form of acam rail 12 is provided, this rail being fixed rigidly to a stationary part of the machine frame, as for example, the channel 13, one end of this rail being beveled on an incline as at 14.-

15 represents the transfer channel throu h line of matrices and spacers to the first elevator. The first elevator embodies a slide 16 which is movable vertically in a frame 17, said frame being known as the vise frame and carries the vise jaws 18 and 19 which operate to clamp the lines of matrices and spacers endwise before the mold. The vise frame is usually mounted to rock-on a horizontal pivot 20 which enables it to be swung to and from operative position relatively to the mold and the elevator slide 16 is reciprocated at appropriate intervals by a link 21 and a connected mechanism which is of well known construction. The upper end of the first elevator slide 16 is provided with a rearwardly pro ecting head 22 which head is formed with the jaws 23 to receive the lines of matrices and spacers from the transfer channel or from the line delivery carriage and to lower the lines to a position between the. vise jaws 18 and 19, it being understood that the vise aws are "fitted in the upper ends of the vise frame and are relatively adjustable in a direction toward and from one another, the right end vise jaw 19 in the present instance being 'slidable toward and from the companion or left hand jaw 18.

Justification of the lines is efiected by a justification bar 24 which in the present instance, is mounted on the upper ends of a pair of vertical movable rods 25 and 26, these rods being lifted at appropriate intervals by a mechanism well understood by those skilled in the art, the justification bar pushing upwardly upon the lower ends of the wedge shaped spacers and thereby expanding and justifying the line. According to the present invention, a lever is pivotally mounted at 27 on the rod 25, said lever having an upper arm 28 which carries a roller or projection 29 and is also provided with an elbow 30 formed with a slot 31 concentric with the pivot 27 cooperating with a pin 32 on the rod 25. The sector 33 is pivoted on the vise frame 34 and is provided with a cam which in the present instance is in the form of an upwardly projecting curved flange 35 adapted to cooperate with the roller or projection 29 as will hereinafter appear. The upper end of the sector 33 is operatively connected to the slidable vise jaw 19 by a link 36. Said lever also has a downwardly extending arm 37 arranged to be acted on by the projection 38 which latter is connected to an arm 39. The arm 39 is operatively connected to an upwardly extending rod -10 which operates vertically through the top of the vise frame. A spring 41 is connected to the arm 28 and acts in a direction to swing the arm 28 toward the left and to hold the arm 37 in engagement with the projection 38. A dog ll is pivotally mounted at 42 on the overhanging head of the first elevator and this dog carries a projection 43-and is provided with a spring 44 the latter acting to swing the dog to a position out of line with the upper end of the rod 40. A guide 45 is arranged on the top of the vise frame and is adapted to be engaged on either side by the projection 43 on the dog as will appearfrom Figs. 3 and 4.

In the operation of machines of this type, the lines must in the majority of cases be of standard length, a suflicient number of matrices being set into the line to nearly fill out the same to standard length and the shortage allowed being finally taken up by the wedge spacers which expand under the ac- 'tion of the justification bar as previously described, M representingmatrices and S the spacers. In the operation of machines of this class, a very short line may be used such as may come at the end of a paragraph, the spacers being insuflicient to fill out the line to the standard length and it is desir-. able to avoid the inconvenience and delay of inserting blank matrices or quads by hand.

According to the present invention, the filling out of the line is accomplished automatically and without requiring attention from the operator, as will appear from the fluence of its spring 8. When, however, the

fingers 1 and 2 have been closed together or against a line of standard length or a line with sufficient shortage to enable it to be justified by the spacers, the lug 11 will occupy a position opposite to or in front of the depending lug 9 of the lever 6 and will thereby prevent the lever 6 from swinging forward. If, however, the shortage in the line is too great to be justified by the expansive spacers, the lug 11 will then occupy a position to the right of the depending lug 9 and the lever 6 will then be free to swing forward after the carriage has passed to the left beyond the cam rail 12. The lever 6 will then act to set into operation the mechanism for automatically quadding out the blank. space at the end of the line. This is accomplished by the engagement of the laterally projecting lever G with the dog 41 which latter is normally held by the spring at in a tilted position as shown in Fig. 4:, the dog 41 being thereby moved into a vertical positien, and as the first elevator descends to carry the line between the vise aws, the projection 43 on thedog will engage a rod 410 along the guide 1-5, the latter retaining the tuned per anaemia dog 41* in a position where it will engage the upper end of the rod 40 and force the latter downwardly during the final descent of the first elevator. The descent of the rod 40 rocks the arm 39 downwardly and causes a corresponding upward rocking of the projection 38 the latter acting onthe arm 37 to swing the arm 28 toward the right against the action of the spring 41, whereby the roller or projection 29 upon the upper end of the arm 28 is brought into position beneath and in line with the cam 35 of the sector 33. As a consequence, when the bar 25 of the justification mechanism'rises, the roller 29 is forced against the cam 35 and the sector 33 is thereby rocked toward the left in Fig. 1 causing a corresponding movement of the right-hand vise jaw 19 through the medium of the link 36. The right hand vise jaw 19 thereby clamps the line of matrices and spacers between it and the left hand or companion vise jaw 18 and when the cast is made, the face of the vise jaw 19 closes the end of the mold opposite to the unfilled portion of the line and enables the casting of the blank or quad end of the slug. Upon return of the line delivery carriage to its initial position, the cam rail 12 operates to return the lever 6 to its normal position against the action of the spring 8. In those cases where the lines are of standard length, the lug 11 on the bar 3 will be opposite to the lug 9 on the lever 6 and will thereby prevent the swinging of the lever 6 into a position to operate upon the dog an. This dog will therefore remain in the position shown in Fig; 4: where it will clear the upper end of the rod 4'0. As the rod 40 is then not depressed by the descent of the first elevator, the spring 4C1 will hold the arm 28 in a position to the left in Fig. 1 where the roller or projection 29 is clear of the cam 35. lVith the parts in this position, the opera tion of the j ustification mechanism will have no effect upon the sector 33.

Suitable means is provided for returning the vise jaw 19 to normal position after it has been closed upon a short line. In the present instance, a slide 46 is provided and this slide is adapted to be engaged by the arm 47 which is connected by a link 48 to the slide as which transfers the line of matrices from the first elevator to the distributing mechanism, the slide 4-6 then moving toward the right and carrying with it the sector 33 thus restoring the latter to its normal position.

The return of the line delivery carriage is effected by well known means connected to the relatively short finger 2 whereby said finger is pulled toward the right, pulling with it the bar 3, and the long finger l. l lfhen the lug 10 reaches the cam rail 12 it will be pu ed back by the beveled or inn thereon, lever 6 then assuming its normal position as shown in matrices and spacers, and a justifying device for expanding the spacers in the line, of means actuated by said justifying device for closing the vise to confine a line too short to be justified to standard length.

2. In a machine of the linotype class, the combination with a Vise to confine a line of matrices and spacers, and a justifying device for expanding the spacers in the line, of means actuated by said justifying device for closing the vise to confine a line too short to be justified to standard length, and automatic means, controlled by the shortage in the line of matrices, for causing said jaw 35 closing means to be actuated.

3. In a machine of the linotype class, the combination with a vise to confine a line of matrices and spacers, and justifying means for expanding the spacers in the line, of no means actuated by the justifying means for closing the vise upon a line of matrices and spacers, and means governed automatically according to the length of the line for controlling the operation of said jaw closinges means.

4. lin a machine of the linotype class, the combination with a vise to confine a line of matrices and spacers, and justifying means for expanding the spacers in the line, of means actuated by the justifying means for closing the vise upon a line of matrices and spacers, a line delivery carriage, and means governed by the length of the line in said carriage for controlling the operation of said jaw closing means.

5. In a machine of the linotype class, the combination with a vise to confine a line of matrices and spacers, and justifying means for expanding the spacers in the line, of means actuated by the justifying means for closing the rise upon a line of matrices and spacers, a line delivery carriage carrying a lever controlled in its position according to the length of the line in the carriage, and. means governed by the pesition of sai l l for centrolling the operation of closing .noeans.

6. a machine of the linotype class, the combination with a vise for confining" a line of matrices and spacers, justifying for expanding the spacers in the line, an elevator for carrying said line to the vise, of means actuated by i means for closing the vise l erned according to the operative by the moveme t for controll' clo ans.

combination with a vise for confining a line of matrices and spacers, justifying means for expanding the spacers in the line, an elevator for carrying said line to the vise, and means for delivering the line to the elevator, of means actuated by the justifying means for closing the vise, a lever carried by said line delivering means and governed in its position according to the length of the line, a dog carried by the elevator and governed in its position according to the posimeans tion of said lever, and means cooperative With said dog during the movement of the elevator and controlling the operation of the vise closing means.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

ARTHUR ELLIOTT BOLLES.

Witnesses:

THOMAS S. HoMANs, THOMAS E. WHJLARD. 

